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a_child · Post #1801 » by **a_child** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 6:55 pm

I was bored af at school and decided to do some digging around, funny thread to go back and look at lol

viewtopic.php?f=123&t=1066243

Post #1802 » by **King of Canada** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 7:50 pm

Anybody else following Beer Can Gate? I can't wait until they arrest the person. Cops said they would be releasing photos if they didn't turn their self in.

LBJSeizedMyID · Post #1803 » by **LBJSeizedMyID** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 7:53 pm

King of Canada wrote:Anybody else following Beer Can Gate? I can't wait until they arrest the person. Cops said they would be releasing photos if they didn't turn their self in.

http://deadspin.com/this-is-the-closest-weve-gotten-to-finding-the-beer-thr-1787449226

LBJSeizedMyID · Post #1804 » by **LBJSeizedMyID** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 7:54 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #1805 » by **King of Canada** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 7:54 pm

LBJSeizedMyID wrote:
King of Canada wrote:Anybody else following Beer Can Gate? I can't wait until they arrest the person. Cops said they would be releasing photos if they didn't turn their self in.

http://deadspin.com/this-is-the-closest-weve-gotten-to-finding-the-beer-thr-1787449226

I did see this, but thanks for posting it. It's fun to call out people who actually deserve it sometimes.

sharmaraps · Post #1806 » by **sharmaraps** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 8:14 pm

What a game..a true roller coaster ride...great game by both teams got the up most respect for the O's...they are a hell of a team! I would also like to say I was super impressed by the umpiring in this game. This guy was so on point and might be the best umpired game I've ever seen. Us fans are crazy but what that person did with the can was ridiculous. No room for that......other than that..........BRING ON THE RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hero Ball · Post #1807 » by **Hero Ball** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 9:06 pm

Sequence of events from SkyDome last night

The bird whisperer working his devil magic

Playoff walkoff bird

Buck after the game

Stat line of the game

0 - 100 · Post #1808 » by **0 - 100** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 10:13 pm

not sure if posted but this guy had the video of the guy spot on but now blocked his tweets
https://twitter.com/ChrisTarroza/sta...04725309034496

I was sitting in left field... ppl were going crazy shocked/laughing. Police/Security had no luck.

Fairview4Life · Post #1809 » by **Fairview4Life** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 12:12 am

Hoopstarr wrote:
Fairview4Life wrote:
PaulieWal wrote:
According to Jones fans were yelling racial slurs at him and Kim last night too though obviously one fan should never define a fan base.

He didn't really say that, although reports from an Orioles fan said that someone told Kim to go back to his country, which is not a good thing to do.

Also, remember when Detroit fans burned down a historic home on opening day?

I don't know why you keep pointing out examples of other team's issues.

There's no denying that there's a culture at the Dome over the years of dude bro types that see Jays games as an occasion to get into drunken fights, particularly in the 500 deck, and particularly in losing seasons. That needs to be acknowledged and addressed. If one of the ways that's addressed is to get us a better, smaller ballpark then all the better. And whatever reason that we've had two years in a row of fans throwing beer on the field also needs to be addressed.

It's more pointing out the absurdity of the classless Jays fans narrative. All fans are classless, if this is our criteria.

The_Hater · Post #1810 » by **The_Hater** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 12:25 am

Fairview4Life wrote:
Hoopstarr wrote:
Fairview4Life wrote:
He didn't really say that, although reports from an Orioles fan said that someone told Kim to go back to his country, which is not a good thing to do.

Also, remember when Detroit fans burned down a historic home on opening day?

I don't know why you keep pointing out examples of other team's issues.

There's no denying that there's a culture at the Dome over the years of dude bro types that see Jays games as an occasion to get into drunken fights, particularly in the 500 deck, and particularly in losing seasons. That needs to be acknowledged and addressed. If one of the ways that's addressed is to get us a better, smaller ballpark then all the better. And whatever reason that we've had two years in a row of fans throwing beer on the field also needs to be addressed.

It's more pointing out the absurdity of the classless Jays fans narrative. All fans are classless, if this is our criteria.

The beer can toss was stupid and classless but people shouldn't pretend it even ranks on the bad fan behaviour scale.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-men-plead-guilty-to-2011-beating-at-dodger-stadium/

vaff87 · Post #1811 » by **vaff87** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 12:30 am

The_Hater wrote:
Fairview4Life wrote:
Hoopstarr wrote:
I don't know why you keep pointing out examples of other team's issues.

There's no denying that there's a culture at the Dome over the years of dude bro types that see Jays games as an occasion to get into drunken fights, particularly in the 500 deck, and particularly in losing seasons. That needs to be acknowledged and addressed. If one of the ways that's addressed is to get us a better, smaller ballpark then all the better. And whatever reason that we've had two years in a row of fans throwing beer on the field also needs to be addressed.

It's more pointing out the absurdity of the classless Jays fans narrative. All fans are classless, if this is our criteria.

The beer can toss was stupid and classless but people shouldn't pretend it even ranks on the bad fan behaviour scale.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-men-plead-guilty-to-2011-beating-at-dodger-stadium/

It ranks. It could have seriously hurt someone.

The_Hater · Post #1812 » by **The_Hater** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 12:55 am

vaff87 wrote:
The_Hater wrote:
Fairview4Life wrote:
It's more pointing out the absurdity of the classless Jays fans narrative. All fans are classless, if this is our criteria.

The beer can toss was stupid and classless but people shouldn't pretend it even ranks on the bad fan behaviour scale.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-men-plead-guilty-to-2011-beating-at-dodger-stadium/

It ranks. It could have seriously hurt someone.

It could have but it didn't. There have been assaults, knife attacks bomb attacks and even murders by fans at sporting events. An attempted but failed assault with a half empty beer can still doesn't rank IMO. This doesn't mean that I'm condoning it or don't think it wasn't ridiculously stupid.

Rapcity_11 · Post #1813 » by **Rapcity_11** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 1:21 am

vaff87 wrote:
The_Hater wrote:
Fairview4Life wrote:
It's more pointing out the absurdity of the classless Jays fans narrative. All fans are classless, if this is our criteria.

The beer can toss was stupid and classless but people shouldn't pretend it even ranks on the bad fan behaviour scale.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-men-plead-guilty-to-2011-beating-at-dodger-stadium/

It ranks. It could have seriously hurt someone.

Really? I obviously have no real clue but I can't imagine it doing much damage at all.

Boogie! · Post #1814 » by **Boogie!** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 5:54 am

just curious though, after edwin hit that bomb, he literally stood at home plate with his hands up because he knew he hit it and no one made a peep about it... if jose bautista does the exact same thing in that situation, would it have been a bat flip controversy? im just trying to understand the context of the bat flip argument... is it because edwin didn't actually flip his bat? is it because it was a game winning walk off home run and not just a go ahead home run? whats the difference in this situation that makes it not as disrespectful as any other time a guy admires his home run?

Post #1815 » by **Schad** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 6:23 am

Boogie! wrote:just curious though, after edwin hit that bomb, he literally stood at home plate with his hands up because he knew he hit it and no one made a peep about it... if jose bautista does the exact same thing in that situation, would it have been a bat flip controversy? im just trying to understand the context of the bat flip argument... is it because edwin didn't actually flip his bat? is it because it was a game winning walk off home run and not just a go ahead home run? whats the difference in this situation that makes it not as disrespectful as any other time a guy admires his home run?

The only real argument I can remember the hot take artists making was that it was only the 7th inning, and thus you shouldn't be acting as if you won the game.

Boogie! · Post #1816 » by **Boogie!** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 6:37 am

Schad wrote:
Boogie! wrote:just curious though, after edwin hit that bomb, he literally stood at home plate with his hands up because he knew he hit it and no one made a peep about it... if jose bautista does the exact same thing in that situation, would it have been a bat flip controversy? im just trying to understand the context of the bat flip argument... is it because edwin didn't actually flip his bat? is it because it was a game winning walk off home run and not just a go ahead home run? whats the difference in this situation that makes it not as disrespectful as any other time a guy admires his home run?

The only real argument I can remember the hot take artists making was that it was only the 7th inning, and thus you shouldn't be acting as if you won the game.

thats dumb though, the context of that home run justifies the emotion that came when it was hit. really my post was sort of rhetorical, i was just trying to highlight how ridiculous the bat flip argument is. if they choose to ignore it in this situation then that means it really isnt a problem to begin with. the way people interpret and perceive things differently from situation to situation will always be strange to me.

Post #1817 » by **Schad** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 6:50 am

It was dumb. I hit a three-run home run in the 7th of a series-deciding game, I'm running the bases backward, bare ass glinting in the floodlights. But they couldn't even play that card with Encarnacion, because the game was literally over long before he even reached first base...he could have fallen to the dirt in the batter's box and made chalk angels and the Jays still had a win, as there were less than two outs and Travis was the winning run.

Edit: I think. He'd be called out on appeal, as has happened with other walk-off home runs that weren't, but that wouldn't affect the ability of the runners to advance, because the ball is out of play, and the out would happen i) after the run scores and ii) wouldn't be inning-ending, right? The rulebook does not anticipate this scenario, it seems. ****, someone has to do this now, I want to see the four-hour umpire conference.

Skin Blues · Post #1818 » by **Skin Blues** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 2:25 pm

BigLeagueChew wrote:He pitched a great game except for one pitch.

This is always such a frustrating thing to hear. He probably made a dozen, if not more, "mistakes" of that scale that the batter simply wasn't ready for, or missed by an eighth of an inch and popped up rather than putting over the fence, or jsut didn't swing at for whatever reason. I don't think people realize how imprecise pitchers actually are at spotting their pitches. They almost never go exactly where they're intended.

a_child · Post #1819 » by **a_child** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 3:43 pm

Watch on YouTube

I_Like_Dirt · Post #1820 » by **I_Like_Dirt** » Thu Oct 6, 2016 4:34 pm

I get financials and all that, but it's going to be **** awful if the Jays are without both EE and Bautista next year. Between the bat flip and the pose, they've put their stamp on Jays history. Anyone who turns their back on those guys, should they leave, no matter how hard the feelings, needs to be publicly shamed - maybe bring back town square stocks or something like that.